Whip-socket.



J. VAN BLARGOM.

WHIP SGGKET.

APPLIoATIoN FILED James, 1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

ATTOHNE Y J. VAN BLARGOM.

WHIP SOCKET. 'APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 26. 1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESS/58 `TOHN VAN BLARCOM, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

l WHIP-SOCKET'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed January 26, 1909. Serial No. L$744,205.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-IN VAN BLARCOM, a citizen of the United States,residing in Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented acertain newl and useful Improve` ment in VVhip-Sockets; and I do herebydeelare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to whip-sockets, and it has for its principalobject to provide a whip-socket which may be so set as either to prevent the removal of the whip without the use of a key, or to permit theremoval of the whip only after a certain part has been actuated toeffect its release, but without the use of a key, or to permit itsperfectly free removal at any time.

The essential feature of the invention resides in providing a grippingmember 0r members which are vertically movable in the casing or shellmember of the device, such gripping member or members and the casingmember having the one a cam surface adapted to be impinged by the otherand to limit the upward movement of the gripping member or members,which latter normally stand elevated in the casing'member.

In addition to the foregoing the invention consists in means whereby theparts may be locked in the position where the gripping members grip andhold the whip against removal or in the position where they leave thewhip free for removal.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the improved whip-socket online w-w of Fig. l0 and looking toward the left in said figure, showinga whip in place therein, the parts being in such position `that thevgripping members are free to be drawn down-A wardly and `thus releasethe whip; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the whip-socket asseen in Fig. 1, thewhip appearing in section; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 exceptingthat the gripping members are shown in their depressed position, inwhich position the whip is free to be withdrawn from the socket; Figs.Ll and 5 are sectional views on the lines x-m and g/ Q, respectively, ofF ig. 3; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the member in which the whip seats andin which, in the adaptation/shown, the gripping members are pivoted;Fig. 7 shows the lower part of the whip-socket as it appears in Fig. 1,showing how the gripping members are locked in theirv elevated position;Fig. 8

Vis a view in elevation of the improved whip` socket, with the whip inposition therein; Fig. 9 is a vertical central sectional view of thelower part of the whip-socket, taken in `a plane at right angles to thatof the sectional views Figs. 1, 3 and 7, that is, coincident with theaxis of a certain key barrel, certain parts appearing in elevation; Fig.10 is a sectional view on the line c-e of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 shows afragment of the casing in elevation; Fig. 1'2 is a vertical sectionalview taken between two of the tumblersin Fig.

10 and looking toward the left in said figure; Fig. 13 is'a plan view ofthe interior mech anism shown in Figs. 9 and 10 with a certain top-wallremoved; Fig. 14 shows the key barrel and the sleeve in which it rotatesin section; and, Fig. 15 is a fragmentary vertical central sectionalview of a modified form of the invention.

In the drawings, c designates the shell or casing member. This comprisesa cylinder b having an internal shoulder c at its upper end and anexternal threading d at its lower end; a sleeve e introduced into thecylinder' and having its upper end flaring and abut-n ting against theshoulder c and its lower end-portion expanded at f so as to affordcircumferential contact with the cylinder b, then contracted at g andhaving its edge turned outwardly at i to form a shoulder; an annulus z'having `an internal shoulder j; and a freely rotating anti-frictionring` 7,: disposed between the shoulders h and The parts c and z' areforced into the cylinder and are held therein by frictional action. Theupper end-portion of the sleeve is formed with a plurality of pairs ofvertical slits Z connected at their upper ends by horizontal slits mleaving in each instance a tongue of metal n, which is bowed inwardly toform a. spring clip, suchspring clips coperating to center the whip 0when introduced into the socket. The shell or casing member also'comprises a cap p which is screwed into the threaded lower end ofcylinder 7).

An invertedU-shaped frame s having a foot-piece t connecting its lowerends is guided in two of three openings g of a wall r of capp, one legof said frame having on the inside a series of ratchet teeth u and theother having at its upper end one or two teeth o. To this frame isswiveled a member w comprising a disk having pairs of lugs y, and a cupe, the swivel being` afforded by a rivet 1. In the lugs y on pins 2 arepivoted arms 3 at the free ends of which are pivoted jaws 4 havingrtheir upper ends 5 flaring and formed with the inclined surfaces orcam-faces 6.

In view of the foregoing` and assuming that the frame s is normallydrawn upwardly in the position shown in Fig. l (as will be explainedlater), in which position the jaws stand contracted, upon introducingthe whip o its butt-end will first impinge against the upper flaringends of the jaws t; the jaws being contracted, the butt of the whipcannot enter until the jaws have been displaced downwardly sutlicientlyso thatY their camfaces G allow them to open, whereupon it will freelyenter the jaws7 which will then immediately rise and be again contractedby their cam-faces wiping` against the ring` c. The gripping membersthus atforded by the arms 3 and jaws 4, automatically cooperate with thering 7c to grip and hold the whip against withdrawal until the gripping`members have been again depressed sufficiently to allow their expansion.By swiveling the member w on the frame s and providing the anti-frictionring 7c the whip may be turned freely in the socket however tightly itmay be gripped by the jaws et. Since, under the condition now referredto, the gripping members are normally pressed upwardly, it will beobserved that the whip cannot be released by pushing it down against thecup e, in which it seats, for any attempt thereupon to raise the whip isdirectly opposed by the rise of the gripping members into their grippingposition.

The whip o in Figs. 1, 3 and 8 is one having a tapering butt; the whip 7in Fig. 15 has a shoulder S, and for this type of whip the grippingmembers are in the form of hoek-shaped jaws 9 pivoted in a disk 10 andhaving their upper endsv normally forced toward their expanded positionby springs 11, the member 12 comprising` disk 10 and the cup 13 for thewhip-butt being swiveled to the frame 14 corresponding to frame s in thesame manner as cup w is swiveled to frame s.

It will be understood that it is not essential to the automatic grippingof the whip in the socket that its butt be tapering, as in Figs. 1, 3and 8, or formed with a shoulder, as in Fig. 12, so long as theengagement between the whip and the jaws is such, whether by frictionalor positive contact, that the whip tends to displace the grippingmembers upwardly once the latter are wedged between the whip and somepart corresponding` to the ring la.

Channeled uprights 13, having the channeled portions facing each other,are attached to the cap p, being rigidly connected by a sleeve 1l andhorizontal walls 15 above and below the sleeve; above the sleeve the twosides of one of the uprights are connected by a vertical wall 17. Afterthe wall r, with the uprights attached thereto, has been placed inposition, a key barrel 1S is introduced through an opening 19 in thecylinder o into the sleeve 14, the key-barrel acting to hold the partsagainst: removal and being itself held from longitudinal dis placementby a screw 20 passed through the cylinder 21 designates the key adaptedto be introduced into the barrel 18.

ln the uprights 13 are pivoted upwardly extending pawls 22 and 23, theformer being adapted to engage the teeth u, and the latter the teeth n.On a pivot 2st of the pawl 22 are pivoted three tunzblers 25, 26 and 27the same being movable in openings 23. 2S in the sides of the left handupright in Fig. 10. Springs 2S) are attached to the tiumblersl 2G andengage a stud 30 projecting from the upright last referred to, therebypressing said tuinblers downwartlly. The several tumblers have suitablecuts 31 to suit' the wards of the key 21, the tumblers being adapted topenetrate a cross-cut 32 in the sleeve 14 so as to be engaged by thekey. rllhe tumbler has a projection 33 which is penetrated by a headedstud 34 projecting from the pawl 32 and between such projection and thepawl is a compression spring coiled about the stud. Now when thetumblers are forced to the left in Figs. 3 or 7 by the key the tumbler25 acts through the spring 35 to hold the pawl 22 in yielding contactwith the teeth n. Thus, if it is desired to lock the gripping members intheir contracted position, the key is employed to press the pawl 22 inengagement with the. leg of frame s having the teeth u; the pawl willthen prevent the frame from being depressed by means of the foot-pieceif.

ln the vertical wall 17 and in the ehau' neled upright 13 carrying saidwall is journaled an arbor 3G carrying at its inner end a crank 37 andat its outer end having swiveled thereto a ring 38 which is adapted toslip over the protruding end of the key-barrel and thus hold the arboragainst rotation. To the crank 37 is pivotally connected a slide 39arranged on a headed stem 40 around which is coil-ed a compressionspring L't1 interposed between the slide and one of two lugs 42 on thestem 40. The stem penetrates the pawl 23, the lugs holding the stemagainst longitudinal movement in the pawl.

Upon raising the ring 38 out of engagement with the key barrel, saidring may be employed as a handle to turn the crank 37, the effect ofwhich will be either to move pawl 23 into yielding contact with the legof frame s having the teeth /v (as in Fig. or out of engagementtherewith (as in Fig. 7). Thus, if it is desired to lock the grippingmembers in the open position, the ring 38 is turned until it causes thepawl 23 to bear against the leg of the frame s having the teeth a; whenthe frame is now depressed to its lowest limit the pawl 23 will engageene of the teeth yv and hold it down, in which position the grippingmembers will be eX- paiided. The pawl and the parts controlling it aremaintained in this position by the ring 3S being again allowed toembrace the key barrel.

The tumblers 25, 26 and 27 have the notches 43 and 44, the former havingan inclined surface 45. 1When the pawl 22 is retracted, the notches 43of the tumblers receive the lower edge of the opening 28 of theleft-hand upright 13 in Fig. 10. When the key throws the tumblers to theleft their inclined surfaces 45 allow them to ride over said edge, sothat they ultimately fall, their notches 44 now receiving said edge andholding them against returning. To release the tumbler-s, the key isturned in the direction reverse to that for locking, so that it raisesthe tninblers and disengages their notches 44 from the lower edge of theopening 28.

In order to make unnecessary the use of a key in locking the grippingmembers, a

vspring-actuated button 46 may be arranged in the cylinder opposite theends of the tumblers. When this button is pushed in the tumblers aremoved to the left in Fig. 3 the same as they are moved by the key; theycannot be now returned without the use of a key. 4

The meansoperating normally to raise the frame s may be a spring 47connecting the foot-piece with the lower wall l5.

It will be understood that the improved whip-socket is attached to thedash-board of a vehicle in the same manner as the ordinary whip-socket.

According to convenience or other circumstances the gripping memberswill normally be either free to be depressed by applying the foot on thefoot-piece 15 or be locked in their open position by means of the pawl23, the driver only securing the gripping members locked in theirgripping relation at such times as the whip is not to be frequentlyused.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination of a casing member and a gripping member verticallymovable therein, the casing member having a part thereof overlying apart of the gripping member and one of said parts having a cam faceengageable by the other part, and means, comprising a spring, actingnormally to elevate the gripping member, substanti-ally as described.

2. The combination of a. casing member and a vertically movablemechanism arranged therein and comprising a gripping member, the casing.member having a p art thereof overlying a part of the gripping memberand one of said parts having a cam face engageable by the other part,means, comprising a spring, acting normally to elevate the grippingmember, and means for locking said mechanism against downward movement,substantially as described.

3. The combination of a casing member and a vertically movable mechanismarranged therein and comprising a gripping member, the casing memberhaving a part thereof overlying a part of the gripping member and one ofsaid parts having a cam face engageable by the other part, means,comprising a spring, acting normally to elevate the gripping member,`andmeans for locking said mechanism at an elevation lower than its upwardlimit of movement, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a casing member, a vertically movable mechanismarranged therein, and means, having a part thereof swiveled `to saidmechanism on a vertical axis and cooperative with the casing member, forgripping a whip introduced into the casing member, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of a casing member, a ring freely rotatable thereinon a vertical axis, and means, cooperative and rotatable with andsurrounded by said ring, for gripping a. whip introduced into the casingmember, substantially as described.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 23 day of January, 1909.

JOHN VAN BLARCOM.

Witnesses:

Jol-IN W. S'rnwann, GEORGE VAN BLARcoM.

